Twelve-year-old Libor lost his parents in an automobile accident. He lives in luxury at the house of his rich uncle and aunt, has everything but lives a life barren of emotion. On the way back from a party at the boarding school for the children of the wealthy, Libor is kidnapped and held for ransom. However, Libor escapes his kidnappers and gets to a small railway station in South Bohemia. This is where the Panenka family lives, and after various emotional twists the boy realizes that he has found a home. And truly so, because they are mistaking him for someone else.